Aug 16, 2022, 9:56 AM
(from the Wall Street Journal) Schools nationwide are eliminating Covid-19 protocols as students return for fall, shifting resources from combating the waning virus to addressing academic crises that cropped up during the pandemic. Districts across the country are reducing testing, de-emphasizing social distancing and dropping mask mandates that were in place for the start of classes last year. A handful are still requiring masks or attempting vaccine directives. The changes are in line with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which last week issued new guidelines reducing safety precautions for a host of settings, including schools.
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(from EdWeek) Eighty-five percent of educators no longer plan to wear a mask on a regular basis at school this fall—but teachers are more likely than administrators to keep masking. That’s according to a new, nationally representative survey by the EdWeek Research Center of 1,042 teachers, principals, and district leaders. The survey was conducted July 27 through Aug. 8—as COVID-19 cases across the country rose. Just 44 percent of teachers said outright that they will not wear a mask, compared to 55 percent of school leaders and 56 percent of district leaders. Teachers were also slightly more likely than administrators to say they’d wear a mask in certain circumstances, like if they weren’t feeling well.
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